Later that day Netflix’s chief content officer, Ted Sarandos, in an interview with NBC News said that ‘Friends’ is “not leaving in January,” and claimed it was a “rumor”. That evening Netflix tweeted an image of Ross as Holiday Armadillo and reassured fans that the show would be available through 2019.

The Holiday Armadillo has granted your wish: “Friends” will still be there for you in the US throughout 2019 pic.twitter.com/Yd0VqRzk3r

It’s rumoured that Netflix’s paid WarnerMedia around $100 Million to license the show for another year and it’s uncertain if it will be renewed again after that as WarnerMedia recently announced that it would be launching its own streaming service.